December 25, 1960: Odetta, Roberta Peters, Alfred Drake, Robert Shaw Chorale

The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 13: Episode 12

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The Ed Sullivan Show
December 25, 1960: Odetta, Roberta Peters, Alfred Drake, Robert Shaw Chorale

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CBS | Air Date: December 25, 1960
Summary: Music: --Roberta Peters & Alfred Drake - "Winter Wonderland" duet.--Roberta Peters (opera singer dressed in traditional Swiss costume) - "Swiss Echo Song."--Alfred Drake (musical comedy star) - "I Wonder As I Wander."--Odetta sings "Shout For Joy" & "Poor Little Jesus."--The Sound of Music girls (Broadway cast?) sing "LittleMusic: --Roberta Peters & Alfred Drake - "Winter Wonderland" duet.--Roberta Peters (opera singer dressed in traditional Swiss costume) - "Swiss Echo Song."--Alfred Drake (musical comedy star) - "I Wonder As I Wander."--Odetta sings "Shout For Joy" & "Poor Little Jesus."--The Sound of Music girls (Broadway cast?) sing "Little Snowman."--Robert Shaw Chorale (caroling through Rockefeller Center) - "Joy To The World," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" & "The First Noel."--Robert Shaw Chorale (at end of show) - medley of European Christmas songs.Also appearing:--The Baird Puppets - Sketch where an elf puppet kidnaps Ed. Ed becomes a puppet introducing acts for Baird.--Gali Gali (magician) - does tricks, assisted by Desi Arnaz (Jr.?) and Steven Marx (Groucho's grandson).--Margi Lee (ice skater at Wollman Memorial Skating Rink in New York's Central Park) - skates to "The Nutcracker."Also: --Ed Sullivan reads a poem about Jesus titled "The Stranger," while the Robert Shaw Chorale hums "Silent Night."--Night scenes of NYC: RCA skyscraper lit at night & 65 Foot Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza. Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, Talk & Interview, Music

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